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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-06
DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINES.

The good qualities of the above machines are
now well established.
We are selling them at as low price as they
can be purchased in any of the larger cities, and
arc prepared to allow as much for old machines of
any kind as is possible
We have seen so much good done by the "Do-
mestic," that we wish every family to have at
least one in their house. Prices fixed, but terms
accommodating.
Call aud examine, or send for circular
oct22 L. S. LEADBEATER & BRO.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-06

CONDENSED SCHEDULE, IN EFFECT
JUNE 5, 1887.
Trains run by 18th Meridian Time.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-06
DIRECTORY
OF THE
Principal Business Houses Of the City


Banks
Burke & Herbert, cor. King and Fsirfax stree!
Citizens National Bank, n. ". cor. Prince an
Lee streets.
First National Bank, g. ". cor. Prince and -,
streets.
S' Books, Stationary and Printing.
S.F. Dyson, sos King street.
G. E. French, 90 King street.
Boots and Shoes.
John A. Marshall 422 King street
Brewers.
The Robert Portner Brewing Company.
Brick Makers.
Arlington Brick Machine Co., Canal lock.
China, Glassware, &c.
E. J. Miller, Son e. Co., 65 King street.
Clothing and Furnishing Goods
Jos. Brager, No. - King street.
Commission Merchants.
P.B. Hooe, Prince street.
ConfectIoners.
Henry Brcnglo, 129 King street
Dry Goods and Notions.
A. p. slaymaker, 1o5 King street
]. E. Tackett, 100 King street
Carter, I'll Market Space Washington.
Drugs and Chemicals.
W.T.. Creighton & Co., N. w. cor. King and
4. A. Warfield, 1852 King street.
T.S. Leadbeater & Bro, s. Fairfax stree!
1.N. Lunt, cor King and Fairfax streets
I'D. n. Lunt n. o. cor. King and Washingto
streets.
L. Stabler & Co., N. W. cor. King and Washing
ton streets.
Warfeld Hall, cor. Prince and Fairfax street
Grccers and Liquor Dealers.
]. G. Milburn, II n Royal street.
10 ipu g Cameron
Harlow & Bro, n. W. cor. Royal and CameroL
streets.
w. A, johnson, L. O. cor. Royal and Cameron
streets.
&. VIM. Ramsay, cor King and St Asaph stiee's
Hardware and Cutlery.
+ F Carlin g. Sons, SO King street.
T. Creighton G. Son, SO King street.
E. F. Peake, cor. King and Pitt streets.
hotels and Restaurants.
steucrnagel & Zeiss, north Royal street.
F. A. Reed & Co., Strand
Jewellers.
H. Wildt, 10 n. Royal street.
Lumber, SO.
Perry. Smoot & Co.. No. 20 corner Cameron and
Union sts
Josiah r. D. Smoot, 81 north Union st.
MachiDists.
n. S. Moore IS Union street.
Professional
James P Cation, Attorney and Counsellor at
Law, No south Fairfax street.
Real Estate Agents
The Alexandria Real Estate Investment, Trust
and Title Company.
Wood and Coal.
w. A. Smoot & Co, foot of Princess st.
All. Agnew, foot of Franklin st.
]. B. Zimmerman foet of Queen st.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-06

HARDWARE, CUTLERY, &C., just received at
IL SO King corner of Royal street and for sale
at small advance-wholesalea and retail. Rodgers
& Son and other make of Carvers and Forks, a
great variety. Rodgers 6. Son, and other make of
Table and Breakfast Knives Genuine Rodgers
& Son, Heinesh and other make of Scissors.
Pocket Cutlery in great variety, several hundred
patterns. Table Knives, with Forks to match, at
low prices Enterprise, Champion and other
Neat Cutters, all sizes. Brownies Flexible Rub
her Weather Strips, the best in use, with a great
variety of other goods in our line for sale cheap
Special attention is asked to large job lot of
Trays Solid Steel Seaside Scissors and Shears, for
sale at q large deduction from usual prices. Call
and see, at SS King, corner of Royal street.
dec7 J.T. CREIGHTON & SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-06

nuns, PISTOLS, PERCUSSION CAPS, WADs,
VI &C., at q further reduction in prices to close
out. We have on hand "Merino Felt Wads,'' Bal
timore mako, at manufacturers prices. Call at SS
King, corner OF Royal street.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-06
Standing Alone.

''The baby Is standing all lonely
The chi dren shout in their glee-
And father and mother and auntie
Must hurry and come and see.
SO baby-the cute little darling!
Is put through the wonder vi feat,
And fondled and kissed and commended
For being 80 smart and sweet.
With the cunningest air OF triumph
She stands in the midst of us all
While the outstretched arm of her mother
Is ready TO save fall,
And whenever the little one totters
Around her is hastily thrown.
"'ris very fine fun"-thinks the baby
This frolic of standing alonew
All many a time in the future
She long for the aid OF that arm
When the love and care Of q mother
No longer can shield her from harm!
For oft when our need is the sorest,
There's no one to whom We can turn
And standing alone is lesson
IT'S hard for woman to learn.
And often and over, my baby,
Before life's journey ls done.
You will yearn in your hours OF weakness
For something to lean upon.
When the props upon which you depended
Are taken away or o'erthrown,
You will find tits wcarisome, baby
SO wearisomel Standing alone,
Mrs, M. Il, HANDY
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-06

The disgraceiul disturbance at the
meeting OF the salvatiopists on Sunday
night justifies the conclusion that there
is a great deal of whisky sold in this city
on Sunday, Notwithstanding the ordi.
nance requiring the bar rooms 10 be
closed on that day. 1t is hardly prob
able that sober men would have gone to
a religious meeting, largely made up OF
women, and broken 1t up II they had not
been more or less intoxicated. The dis.
orderly persons who broke up the meet
in &, 1t is fair TO presume, prepared them
selves for their disgraceful work by
loading themselves with whisky In the
low gr oggeries.
1t seems that the we'll conducted bar.
rooms comply with the Sunday closing
law, but the very places that 1t is most
important shall be closed remain open.
A large sum is paid annually by the PEG.
pie for police force, and they have rig ht
TO expect that the ordinances will be en-
forced. 1t is the duty OF the police to see
that the barrooms are closed on Sunday,
but are they ol0sedi Let them do their
duty faithfully and o0nscientiously. Its
no business OF theirs whether the viola
tors OF tine Sunday ordinance are punish ed
or not. II they do their whole duty the
public will not blame them for any failure
TO properly punish the yiolators that may
occur.
Tn reduction OF the liquor license has
been construed by some of the liquor men
into license to do pretty much as they
please. They therefore manifest a great
deal Of boldness In their course and a
very marked contempt for the Sunday
closing law II tue number OF drunken
men 10 be seen on sunday is an indica-
ton Of the extent 10 which the sale OF
llquer II permitted on that day.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-06
PERSONAL.

JOHN WANAMAKER, of Philadelphia carries
100000 insurance on his life, j b. Stetsou
$4,000, and Hamilton Disston $780,
YOUNG Charles Dickens has signed a con-
tract TO deliver fifty readings from his
fathers works in this country, beginning
about Oct. ].
SHAH ABBAs THE GREAT, of Persia. ia tho
only man In history whose pictures portray a
moustache long and stlff enough to tickle flies
from his ears.
Col. JOHN TAYLOR wooD, one OF the most
brilliant officers in the Confederate navy. ia a
resident OF HallfaN, y. s., where he is in
bualness. lie has been visiting IN Baltimore,
WILLIAM WINDRUM, who recently inherited
S5O0'oO0 by the death of his father In South
America, was coachman in Rock Island
III, when informed OF his acquisition of
wealth.
SIR EDWARD GUINNESS is about to leave
Ire and and settle in Norfolk, Eng. where he
has rented Benacre Hall for three years from
Sir A fred Gooch. Sir Edward, now Loro
Arabian, made hlsmIllions and his reputation
by "Guinness' stout"
GEORGE PARSONS LATHRoP has written a
iour-act drama entitled ELAINE" 1t is
produced at the Mad son square Theatre Al
a matinee during The second week in April,
with Miss Annie Russell in the title role.
WILLIAM T. COLEMAN. OF California, who
Is nursing feeble and under sized Presiden-
ttdl DOOM, ~ Dhlu-neaueu man with mOua-
tsche which rivals in size that Of Lieut.. Gov.
Jones OF New York state. His availability ms
candidate 10 SAID 10 be largely rcprose n ted
by fortune OF $40, $1,000.
SECRETARY FAlRCHILp Ia n grant vvorksr
His mail inclndes many hundreds OF letters A
day. large number of which he reads him
sell. He has his mail brought TO Cabinet
meetings IN oruer that important letters may
be answered without delay. He is the onIy
member OF the Cabinet TO follow such prac-
uce.
MRS. MALONE, wife OF the virginia re-
adJuster, ana her daughter accom- panied
MRS; Leland Stanford to California Il few
weeks ago. They expect 10 spend some time
In California, ana one OF the san Francisco
newspa pers starts anew tho story that Little
Bllly Will eventually take up his abode on the
racine coast under the wing OF senator Stan.
ford,
COL. THOMAS i. OCuiLTKEE finds no fault
with the newspaper reporters when they
saddle big stories On him. lie Is willing Ia
accept fame but his bristes rise when hs Ia
credited win spinning yarns IN the rude
Texas vernaCuiar. II there Is ANYTHING tbAt
Thomas prides himself on it ID his Know ledge
OF synthN and the proper relations that
thould exist between nouns ana yerba.
bECRETARY BAYARD 10 much more An.
proaohable than when he was senator SEQ.
rolhry whitney 10 the politician of TIE Cain.
net now thAt secretary Manning has retired
Garland hAs large number Of cal ers In mia
gorgeous ONCE Ahd tries 10 make them feel al
nome fAifchldih a. hcocs. 10 u ~ a thousand.
dollar erk h. the department aud the nntne
lh true VI Nilae. Secretary Lamar lOc ~ bim-
cell % NE ONCE about the 4 me- The marazln
COME out, hn 10 D. then rather n nioult 10 get
hl hlms EntlcVti hnl "a double FuH RI " sef-
wants " keNn 40 publlc away frVnl aim
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-06

The cholera In South America is stead
lily moving Northward. Some days ago
1t as announced that it had about dis
appeared from the Argentine Republic,
but this proves not to be the case. No
more, cholera cases, it seems, are re-
ported in Buenos Ayres and the adjacent
country, but the disease is claiming many
victims in the province Of Tariia, and is
near the Bolivian frontier. In Chilli and
parts of Brazil the death rate is enor-
nous. 1t Is stated that up to March %
there had been 1000 deaths from cholera
in Chilli, and that in four days in Febru-
airy there were AIT deaths in the city of
Santiago and 626 cases reported. In Tu-
cuman, city in the Northern part of
the Argentine Republic, the death rate
has been fearful, and in Corumba, Bra
lillian town near the Bolivian frontier, the
mortality has been very great.
A day or two ago 1t was reported from
Ell Paso, Tex, that there was rumor
there that the cholera had appeared at
Panama, but the report does not appear
to have been well founded. The Panama
Star and Herald contains quite full ac-
counts OF the progress OF the scourge in
Brazil, Chilli and the northern part OF the
Argentine Republic, but does not mention
the existence Of any cases OF the disease
in that city. Itdoes, however, complain of
the carelessness of the quarantine authori-
ties of the 1sthmus. and says that vessels
that are denied admission to Peruvian
ports tind no difficulty in securing ad-
mission to Panama.
1t is evident that the greatest precau-
tions are necessary to prevent the intro
duction OF the cholera into this country
during the coming summer. Vessel s
which have touched the cAolera-infected
ports OF South America are all the time
coming to our ports. Only the strictest
and most intelligent kind of quarantin G
can prevent the terri BILE scourge from
finding Judgment on our shores.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-06
Mexican broomstlck M.rr,.pe.

N"FFeeU"WhcHcH 4htcUNNNte OeNttlGI.
In this so-calcd sport a rooster-or any other
large birds tied up by the legs ialive) TO a
tree, or to a tall stake driven into the round,
and his head and neck are smeared with
grease. The horscmen, starting al together
In line, strive to be FIRST 10 reach the rooster.
10 seize II by the neck while 10 fun gallon,
burst the strings which secure 10 and ride on
with the prize. The CREASED head lie sure 10
slip through the fingers OF one after another
or the contestants who must ride by nj the
top Of their speed. AS soon as one is in pos
session OF the bird he ga'lops away more fu .
riously Than ever, pursued by all she rest.
whose object now Ia TO wrest the trophy from
him. In the struggle that ensues, Of course ,
the poor fowl 10 literally torn 10 pieces; but
those VIE have secured the bloody scraps
present them 10 their cortelas, who joyfully
receive them as tokens ~ love. mIchaeha
who has been thus publicly honOred, II she
accepts the torn up remains OF the rooster las
she u sure % do unless already promised u
another gallant, 10 considered "enEag d. 10
the donor for veal or woe. Frequently no
other ceremony b. deemed necessary to con
tutuie marriage. and on the strength Of It
without even a change ~ garments for the
bride hey build their JAeAl hnd settle 40 n
10 hpuhekcepinf-pr erisely ~ their fatheTn
anu mothers DAD before them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-06

The majority Of the people of Savannah
want the streets paved and they are will
ling TO stand the expense. They
don't expect TO have them all
paved at ence, but they favor
paving them gradually. IL begins
to look, however, as if paving in this city
had come to a standstill, and that no
more improvements OF that kind would
be made until the paving law is amend
ed. Every effort in behalf of paving this
or that street Is met by kickers in and
out OF the City Council, and between the
kicking officials and kicking citizens
every movement in behalf Of paving is
kicked to death. How was it in the
case Of the movement to pave
Congress street? The law was
complied with so far as getting the
requisite number of petitioners. The
Council, however, declared that the sea-
son had progressed too lar, and that it
would not be advisable to disturb the soil
SO near the warm season. The Gwinnett
street petition for paving appears to have
been unceremoniously pigeon-holed.
The paving law should be so amended
any street which, in its judgment, ought
to be paved, and to assess the adjacent
property tor the part or the cost the law
requires it 20 bear. The abuse of this
power might be guarded against
by making it necessary for two-thirds or
three-fourths of the Council to favor the
paving OF street before the Improvement
could be ordered. 1t could still further
be guarded against by clothing the Mayor
with authority to veto any paving ordl-
nance,
1t is apparent to all that paved streets
are necessary to the city's prosperity.
The city will stop growing after awhile
simply because people will refuse to
build houses where the streets are knee
deep in sand.
There IL another law in which the city
is deeply interested that ought to be
amended. 1t is that relating to the ex-
tending of the city limits. Let it be so
amended as to make all the property
within the extended limits taxable.
or course the taxes on the
land in the extended limits
would only be nominal. as it is of but
comparatively little value in comparison
with that in other parts of the city, put
they would be sufficient to grade the
streets, put in water mains and build
sewers, and do other things which the
city will have to do in the course of time
for the health and comfort OF the new ex-
tension residents.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-06

From tAe Btuns,otek Ne.l Telsara1

From tho BrUnsaotc6 tKe.l TeLe0rqDh.
We have told before of "BIlly's" cute call
OF Mary" mis- mistress, when he wants any
attention, as food, bathing dish, or his cage
cleaned. Let her be absent an hour or two,
when she makes her appearance in the par or
the call. oftentimes in the most tender tones
is heard, and he has never uttered that cal
TO other persons in the family. no matter how
well he knows them. We have tried time
and again to induce him to call us Mary, and
he won't. and therein he displays his good
sense. When we repeat MARY" to HIM, hon
ing to get the proper response, he replies with
whistle such as we have been in the habit of
greeting him with. and when we shake the
coal stove his "yap, yap' is almost perfect,
and he gets lair imitation of the striking
OF the clock. But he capped the climax
of lntellig nee on Saturday and sun
upon light stand, dt is never
hung up to the ceiling to poison the little
fellow with impure atr), close by the work
table Of his mistress. After time BILLY"
began to call Mary, and repeated the call at
very brief intervals for at least three or four
what the bird wanted, for his cage had been
attended to. All at once it was observed that
the bright sun was shining upon him. Upon
placing the cage IN the shade, the call ceased,
and the bird perched in the corner nearest
the work table and quietly watched the pro-
gress OF affairs. Sunday morning, as soon as
the warm rays OF the sun fell upon his cage
came the familiar call-his mistress being In
the room and we in one adjoining. The cage
was placed In the shade, and he was perfectly
quiet all the forenoon until his mistress came
in from church, when he instantly greeted
her. We know of canary in this village
which eviuces the most intense dislike of one
like mad whenever the person appears in
the room where the bird is.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-06
INDEX TONEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEErIN0s-Georgia Chapter No. 3, X. A.
NJ; The Equitable Loan and Building Asso-
citation; Golden Rule Lodge No. II, l. .. y. f.
Magnolia Encampment No. ]. l. o. o. r.
SPECIAL NoTIoEs-Last Day of Art Exhl-
bition at New Home 8. 5. Co.'s Once.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDCLEs-General Transat-
lantic Co; Baltimore Steamship Co.; Ocean
Steamship Co.
NOTICE TO ExoURsIoHIsTs-G. l. Taggart
GRAND EASTER WEEK-At Platshek's.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Personal; Miscellaneous.
AUCTION sALEs-Hay, by d. R, Kennedy.
SUNDRIEs-A. H. Champion.
WoOD-D. r. Thomas.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-06
Inside History.

The Philadelphia Press claims to have
the inside history OF the Baltimore and
Ohio deal. For more than u year, ii
seems, Mr.. Garrett has been anxious to
dispose OF the contrel OF that road for two
reasons. The first is that he wants to
/ enjoy his wealth without being burdened
/ with the management of great railroad,
and the second is that his management I
has not been satisfactory to the John
Hopkins University, which holds large
block OF the stock, and to some other
stockholders. He has extended the road
to various points In the West at very
great expense, and ne has attempted to
reach New York and failed. He
has got as far as Philadelphia on
the way there at cost
OF about $f7.0O0,0 900. These expenditures
may have been necessary on account of
growing competition, but whether they
were or not they alarmed the University,
whose income largely depends upon the
dividends from its stock, and the prospect
for steady dividends has already begun to
look quite gloomy.
Mr.. Austin Corbin and Mr.. Alfred Sui
ly were informed OF Mr.. CARROTS desire
to sell the control of the road, and, with
their connections, they saw how they
could utilize the property. Mr.. Corbin
controls the Reading and Jersey Central,
the roads which can give the Baltimore
and Ohio entrance to New York. 1t 10 tn 9
plan OF MIR. Sully and Mr.. Corbin to
make great system which shall include
the Baltimore and Ohio, the Reading, the
Jersey Central, the Richmond Terminal,
the Indiana, Bloomington and Western,
the Atchison, Topeka and santa Fe, and
Mr.. Gould's Wabash system. The
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
will soon have an outlet on
the Pacific coast. 1t is said that there is
no doubt that Mr.. Gould will agree to the
arrangement, as he wants to get the Bal
timore ana Ohio telegraph line out of the
way.
The scheme is a magnificent one. The
proposed system, if completed, will cover
great part OF the South and West and
have an outlet at New York as we'll as at
San Francisco. 1t will be under one
management, and its headquarters will
be at New York.
II the scheme is successful there will
be only three great railroad systems in
the United States, viz: the New York
Central, the Pennsylvania Central, and
the Baltimore and Ohio. They will do
three-fourths OF the railroad business of
the country.
II the Press statements are correct the
option about which there has been 80
much talk will not expire for several
months. The affairs of all the roads
which are to be in the combination are
being Investigated in order to discover If
there is anything to prevent the scheme
from being carried out. All this will, of
course, take time, and the public may
forget all about the Baltimore and Ohio
| deal before tits completed.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-06
Suicides in Washing on.

From Washington Letter to NiLaodWEee Seminal,
A District official, who has a head for fig
ures and conclusions, tells me what is de-
Cidedy curious, that since the Democrats
came into power the number of suicides in
Washington has considerably increased. II
explain IT, - he says, ION very plain grounds.
Nothing is to blame for it. 1t is simply the
consequence of good many people being
turned out OF Office and a good many others
falling to get offices. For the last fortnight
we had a suicide nearly every day. When
there isn't suicide there is a shooting scrape
of some sort in which the man who shoots or
the man who is shot is fellow that has been
in Office or was waiting to get in" The IN
crease of suicides is so decided that the board
ing-house keepers have begun to organize
some sort OF insurance against melancholy
self- murderers. One landlady writes in
note in a local newspaper that within the
past year she has had two interesting sui
cides In her house which cost her nearly $500.
She says they both left beautiful letters. but
there wasn't dollar In their pockets, and
they deluged her beds and carpets with blood.
One had friend TO bury him, but neither
had any friends TO paw the damage done.
make the suggestion without charge that
these much-suffering people organize them
selves into mutual Insurance society. A
slight annual premium from the innumerable
boarding houses in this city would easily pay
all losses from this cause.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-06

In Colombia, south America, fearful
state OF affairsf prevails. Paludic fevers
are commop and some cases of yellow
fever have occurred. The locusts have
eaten up all the vegetation, and have
then e.fed of starvation. Poverty is the
rule, owing toi there being no coin in
circulation, and everything, except
articles of primary necessity, has fallen
In value. The people are in great want.
and are without immediate prospect OF
relief. On the isthmus the state of affairs
Is said to be not much better.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-06

1t is hoped by Gen. sheridan's friends
that his Presidential boom Will be
strengthened by inducingi some New
York man to play second to him as can
didate for Vice President. His friends
also profess to believe that he would cap
ture every soldier vote in the North and
nearly every Irish vote. The Generals
friends seem TO forget that some of the
soldiers In the North are Democrats aud
that most of the Irish are also OF that
political faith. The best thing claimed
In the Generals favor is that he is not
bitter partisan.